Neil Gaiman

'Neil Gaiman' (qv) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. He is best known for the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.As a child and a teenager, Gaiman read the works of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Mary Shelley, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, and 'Alan Moore' (qv).Gaiman also wrote episodes of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, during Matt Smith's as the Doctor.::Pedro Borges